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Ariel

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102667
MRDS ID M006168
Record type Site
Current site name Ariel
Related records 10211551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67545, 38.31935 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 2 MI NE OF MOKELUMNE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mokelumne Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 012E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67545, 38.31935
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1889 , 1909

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND - DISCOVERED 1889, 1889 , 1909

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 4.856HA
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 600 FT CROSSCUT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A, 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF. COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 136

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 297

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1915 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P 69

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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